[pct-l] is iPhone 4s all I Need

[J J]

My experience has been different. Using an iPhone 3Gs, I got GPS locations everywhere except in deep canyons. And was able to relate them to Halfmile's waypoints without any problems. I did not try to use the star chart. 


On Apr 4, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes wrote:

> Went hiking this weekend in the wilderness behind Santa Barbara. The  
> iPhone's GPS didn't seem to work very well. We couldn't even use the  
> star chart app. When else would you want to use the star chart except  
> for when you can actually see stars? The phone couldn't tell where it  
> was so couldn't orient to the sky. It seems phones don't work very  
> well in the wilderness. I certainly wouldn't trust one for navigation  
> away from the city.